Evening Star Newspaper, January 26, 1937, Page 19

SOCIETY. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1937. SOCIETY. *¥ B3 Social Calendar Boasts State Dinner at the President’s House The White House Scene Tonight of Annual Fete For Diplomatic Corps Program of Music Will Follow Dinner Given by the President and Mrs. Roosevelt for Heads of Missions. HE President and Mrs. Roosevelt will give the annual state dinner honoring the diplomatic corps at the Executive Mansion tonight. The dinner will be followed by a program of music, to which additional guests have been invited. The Chief Executive and Mrs. Roosevelt will be joined at the White House this afternoon by their grandson, William Donner Roosevelt, son of Mr. Elliott Roosevelt by his first marriage. Mrs. Donner Roosevelt, the young boy’s mother, will join him at the mansion in a few days. Mrs. Roosevelt had as guests at her press conference this morning- the Right Hon. Mrs. Walter Runciman, wife of the presi- dent of the British Board of Trade, and Miss Jane M. Hoey, direc- tor, Bureau of Public Assistance, Social Security Board. The President’s wife has a crowded program for the rest of the week. Tomorrow she will entertain a luncheon and in the evening will attend the concert at the Library of Congress. Thursday night the President and Mrs. Roosevelt will give the annual reception to Congress. The guest list for this state function has been closed, it was announced at the mansion today. Saturday, in the afternoon, Mrs. Roosevelt will accept from the Hungarian Choir a book which they are presenting to the President. In the evening, with a small party, she will attend the seven balls celebrating her husband’s birthday anmiversary. Sunday Mrs. Roosevelt plans to attend a Friends meeting, and later will probably visit at the International House, occupied by a group of foreign students in, this country. Mrs. Roosevelt will be the honor guest at luncheon Monday of Mrs. Daniel C. Roper, wife of the Secretary of Commerce, and the following day, with the President, will give the annual dinner to the Supreme Court. The Secretary of State and Mrs. Cordell Hull entertained at dinner last evening at the Carlton Hotel, in honor of the former minister of foreign relations of Brazil, Dr. Jose Carlos de Macedo Soares. The other guests were the Attorney General and Mrs. Homer S. Cummings, the Secretary of Commerce and Mrs. Daniel C. Roper, Senator and Mrs. Key Pittman, Senator and Mrs. William E. Borah, Representative Sam D. McReynolds, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, Assistant Secretary of State and Mrs. Sumner Welles, the American Ambassador to Brazil and Mrs. Hugh 8. Gibson, the Charge d’Affaires of Brazil and Senhora Bueno do Prado, Senhor Jayme Sloan Chermont, Senhor Joao-Luiz de Guimaraes Gomes, who are accompanying Dr. Soares; the chief of protocol and Mrs. South- gate, Mr. Pedro de Alba, assistant director of the Pan-American Union; Mrs. Benton McMillin, the chief of the Latin American Division, State Department, and Mrs. Lawrence Duggan, and Mr. Donald R. Heath, the assistant chief of the Latin-American division, State Department. ‘The Postmaster General and Mrs. James A. Farley and their children will go to Miami the first of the week for a Midwinter vacation. . His Britannic Majesty’s Ambassador and Lady Lindsay were the ranking guests at the dinner which Mr. and Mrs. Gifford Pinchot gave at their home on Rhode Island avenue. The other guests were Senator and Mrs. Charles McNary, Benator Frederick Hale, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Meyer, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Mr. and Mrs. Norman de R. Whitehouse of New York, who are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Pinchot; the first secretary of the British Embassy, Mr. Philip M. Broadmead; Mr. Frank R. Kent, Miss Mabel Boardman, Mrs. J. Borden Harriman, Mr. Ralph Hetzel, Mr. Ferry K. Heath, Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, Mrs. Hyde, Lady Colfax and Mr. Peter Cooper Bryce of California, brother of Mrs. Pinchot. ‘The Italian Ambassador, Signor Fulvio Suvich, is making a brief visit in New York, where he is staying at the Ritz-Carlton. The Ambassador of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Mr. Alexander Troyanovsky, will entertaln a company at dinner at the Shoreham Hotel Saturday night before the President’s birthday ball. The Egyptian Minister, Mr. Mohamed Amine Youssef, was (Continued on Fourth Page.) California and was associated in the practice of law with Mr. Harvey H. Atherton and was subsequently with the United States Department of | Justice in Washington. He now is practising law in the District of Co- lumbia. Miss Jane Thorpe Engaged to Marry Mr. William Powell MRB. GEORGE CYRUS THORPE announces the engagement of her daughter Jane Wells to Mr. Willlam Hoadly Powell of San Diego, Calif. Miss Thorpe, who is the daughter of Mrs. Thorpe and the late Col HALF Engagement Announced MISS JANE WELLS THORPE, Whose mother, Mrs. George Cyrus Thorpe, announces her en- gagement to Mr. William Hoadly Powell of San Diego, Calif., son of Mrs. Powell and the late Dr. William F. Powell of San Diego. No date has been set for the wedding. . —Harris-Ewing Photo. Residential Social News Col. and Mrs. Robert Guggenheim to Entertain at Dinner Next Week. Married Recently MRS. WILLIAM E. EUGENE MORRIS, Jr., Who was, before her marriage January 16, Miss Adeline Jeanne Notar Angelo, daughter of Mr. and Mr. Joseph T. Notar Angelo of this city. —Underwood & Underwood Photo. President’s Birthday Ball Guests to Be Received at Each Hotel by By the Way— Beth Blaine PARTY gotten up on the spur of the moment is very apt to be excellent, which was proved yesterday afternoon when the Ambassador of France and Mme. de Laboulaye entertained in the late afternoon for their young countrywoman, Mlle. Ginette Neveu. Mlle. Neveu, as you know, is a Violinist’ about whom one will hear a great deal as time marches on, for at the moment she is but 17 years old and already very much a master of that difficult instrument. After & most arduous program in the morning at Mrs. Townsend's ' musicale. Mlle. Neveu popped up at the Embassy as fresh as a daisy, brings ing wish her her very delightful sister. The gathering was not a large one, but a most appreciative one, and we, personally, liked that program better than the one of the morning. Having made this statement to Mme, de Laboulaye, she told us that the artist had chosen her favorite pieces in the afternoon—and she played them with verve, Being welcomed by Mile, Marie Therese, the lovely daughter of the Ambassador and Mme. de Laboulaye, upon entering the Embassy yesterday afternoon, we realized more than ever how much that really delightful family will be missed when they leave us and, alas, all too soon. There could not be a more attractive or genuinely hospitable hostess in any city than Mme. de Laboulaye, and the Ambassador is one of the most charming, intelligent gentlemen we know. After a short program of music the guests wandered into the dining room, where tea was served and they had an opportunity to speak to the young, unsophisticated and delightful artist. Assisting in entertaining the guests were various members of the staff, including the third secretary of the Embassy and Mme. Saint and the attache and Mme. Lucet. * % ¥ ¥ MOST delightful person is at present in Washington for a few days, namely, Miss Melissa Reid. Having spent most of her life in Rome with her aunt, the late Principessa Rospigliosi, Melissa has the combined charm of American vivacity and the allure of a European woman. The present American Embassy in Rome was formerly the Rospigliosi Palace, where Melissa was brought up. Melissa, between sight-seeing, is having a most delightful time, and is a good friend of the Prince del Drago and Count and Countess Roberti, who will soon be returning, we are glad to relate. Imagine sight-seeing in Washington! When we saw Melissa start out with her guide book, not to mention her thorough knowledge of the treasures to be found in the Smithsonian, we felt very ignorant of our local wonders, and promptly resolved to climb the Washington Monument tomorrow! Miss Reid’s trip South, to visit her father, has been delayed, owing to the fact that the Navy Department wishes to photograph various family archives which belonged to her great-great-grandfather, Capt. Samuel Chester Reid, hero of the Battle of Fayal, fought in the Azores, September 26, 1814, who was known as the savior of Louisiana, as he managed to seriously damage and delay the progress of three British men of war bearing troops to the New Orleans expedition. After her return from Florida, Miss Reid will spend some time in New York with her cousin, Prince Giorgio Rospigliosi, before e ——————— invitations for dinner Tuesday evening, February 2, in their home on Woodland drive, which they have leased for the Winter from Rep- resentative and Mrs. James W. Wads- worth. OL. AND MRS. M. ROBERT < GUGGENHEIM have issued Former Senator and Mrs. Truman H. Newberry, who are at their place at | Bellair, Fla., for the season, entertained | at dinner there Sunday evening in | compliment to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph | B. Schlotman. Mrs. Henry Alvah Strong left Wash- ington last evening for Winter Park, Fla., where she will spend the balance of the Winter. Miss Anne Childs has gone to Pine- hurst, N. C, to visit Miss Phyllis Lovering in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard 8. Lovering. Mrs. Lovering left there yesterday for Boston en route to visit her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. David T. Danas, jr., at Lenox, Mass. Miss Elizabeth Lord and Miss Edith Schryver of Salem, Ore., are spending & few days at the Dodge. Mrs. William T. Tonner of Tor- resdale, Phildelphia, Pa., is in Wash- ington and is at the Shoreham while making s brief visit with her daugh- ters, Miss Marjorie Tonner and Mount Vernon Seminary and Miss Carol ‘Tonner at Miss Madeira’s School. Dr. and Mrs. W. P. Schell of Os- sining, N. Y., were week-end guests at the Dodge. Mr. and Mrs. Alton A. Lessard with Mr. and Mrs. Faust Coutre of Lewis- ton, Me., are in Washington for s PRICE brief visit and during their stay they are at the Wardman Park Hotel. Mrs. Charles L. Jones of Mexico is stopping at the Dodge while in the Capital. Miss Edith Stone of Baltimore, Md., is the guest of Mrs. J. M. Baldwin at the Wardman Park Hotel. Former Assistant Attorney General John Lord O'Brian of Buffalo, N. Y., joined Mrs. O'Brian in her suite at the Wardman Park Hotel over the week end. They will remain in Washington for several days. Mrs. Raymond Holden, jr., and Mrs. Frederick Haas were hosts at luncheon yesterday in honor of Miss Alice Emery, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Augustine Emery, whose mar- riage to Mr. Donald James Marran of Washington and Patchogue, Long Is- land, will take place Thursday. Mr. Marran is a special assistant to the Attorney General. The luncheon was given at the residence on Waterside drive. ‘The guests were Mrs. Daniel O'Don- oghue, Mrs. Vincent Engalls and Miss Letitia Emery, sisters of the bride- elect; Mrs. John I. Haas, mother-in- law of the hostess; Mrs. Neil Burkin- shaw, Mrs. Prancis Thomas; Mrs. Louis Peck and Mrs. John R. Eakin. Miss Emery will entertain at a small dinner on Wednesday evening. Holden will leave for New York foday to be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Murphy, in Great Neck, Long Island, for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Semuel D. Earl of Herkimer, N. 'Y, have arrived in Washington and are at the Shoreham for a brief visit. FINAL MARKDOWNS Prominent UESTS at the President's birthday ball Saturday night will be greeted by a receiv- ing line at each of the seven hotels. Mrs. Frederick H. Brooke, chairman of the Ladies’ Reception Committee, has named a chairman and a committee for each hotel. Co-operating with the Floor Com- mittee named by Chairman John Saul, the Ladies’ Committee will serve as escort to Mrs. Roosevelt and her party at each hotel. Mrs. Roosevelt will visit each hotel, remaining for a short time in the special box prepared for her in each of the ball rooms. In the meantime Miss Catherine Harrison, daughter of Senator “Pat” Harrison of Mississippi, has organized 8 bevy of Senators’ daughters and other socially prominent women who have taken over the sale of tickets in the various department stores. On Miss Harrison’s committee are Miss | Noreen McCarren, daughter of Sen- ator McCarren; Mrs. George Neville, Mrs. Joe Conoves, Mrs. Molly Allen Gagoe, niece of Commissioner Allen; Mrs. Walter Bramhall, Mrs. Robert Goodale, Miss Marjorie Nye, daughter of Senator Nye; Miss Elizabeth Adams, daughter of Senator Adams; Miss Marian Donahey, daughter of Senator Donahey; Miss Lyla Town- send, daughter of Senator Townsend, and Miss Janet Johnson, daughter of Senator Johnson. On the Reception Committee Mrs. Brooke has elected to head the group at the Raleigh Hotel in person. She will be assisted by Mrs. Ella A. Bocock, Mrs. J. A. Talbot, Mrs. E.| Goring Bliss, Mrs. George C. Ruhland, | Mrs. Joseph D. Kaufman and Mrs. Robert Swope. Hostesses. Mrs. John Allan Dougherty will be chairman at the Willard Hotel and will be assisted by Mrs. M. M. Ritter, Mrs. E. Thomas Dunlop, Mrs. Paul Bastedo, Mrs. R. W. Wilson, Mrs. Custis Lee Hall, Mrs. Ernest W. Brown, Mrs. Adam F. Arnold, Mrs. Thomas Holcomb and Mrs. Charles D. Drayton. The Secretary of Labor, Miss Frances Perkins, will be chairman at the Wash- ington Hotel and will be assisted by Mrs., Chatfield Taylor, Mrs. Owen Roberts, Mrs. L. M. Smith, Mrs. E. Barrett Prettyman, Mrs. W. W. Wheeler and Mrs. Harry C. Butcher. Mrs. Reginald Huidekoper and Mrs. Charles C. Glover, jr. will act as chairmen at the Hamilton Hotel and will be assisted by Mrs. Daniel C. Donovan, Mrs. Thomas E. Lodge, Mrs. Lee D. Butler, Mrs. Hardie Meakin and Mrs. H. E. Lohmeyer. Mrs. Warren Austin will be chair- man at the Mayflower Hotel and will be assisted by Mrs. Cary T. Grayson, Mrs. J. Hamilton Lewis, Mrs. Herbert 8. Howard, Mrs. Willlam W. Mackall, Mrs, George P. Mangan and Miss Mabel Boardman. Mrs. Mary Norton will be chairman t the Wardman Park Hotel and will assisted by Mrs. George E. Allen, Henry Grattan Doyle, Mrs. Riley . Elgen, Mrs. Ernest Willilam Howard, William M. Sweet, Mrs. Andrew and Mrs. Edgar Morris. Mrs. Willlam H. King will be chair- man at the Shoreham Hotel and will SERVING WASHINGTON OVER FIFTY YEARS Upholstering—Refinishing By Experts in E WILL be glad to suggest appropriate materials for your style of furniture. Its returning to her villa in Monte Carlo. be assisted by Mrs. Gardner Moore, Mrs. Melvin C. Hazen, Mrs. Edward | A. Dent, Mrs. Elwood H. Seal, Mrs. | Eugene Ford, Mrs. Mark L. Bristol, | Mrs. Edward Larkin, Mrs. Claude A. | Swanson and Mrs. Lawrence Clayton. Official At-Home Of Cabinet Hostess ! Mrs. Daniel C. Roper, wife of the | Secretary of Commerce, will observe her official day at home tomorrow afternoon, when she will receive from 4 to 6 o'clock in her residence at 3001 Woodland drive. Mrs. Roper will have receiving with her Mrs. Ernest G. Draper and Mrs. J. Monroe John- son, wives of the Assistant Secretaries of Commerce. Mme. Peter, wife of the Swiss Min- ister, and Mme. 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